A 16 year old girl lays on her bed looking around at the vast array of Johnny Depp posters which now looks like one uniform wallpaper collage covering her bedroom walls. She collects magazine clippings, movies, pins, memorabilia & she would even buy Johnny Depp toothpaste if it were available. Long imaginary conversations are held between her and a photograph of Depp.
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Daydreams of the day she meets him, dates him and eventually has his children take up a considerable fraction of her day. Long love letters are written to him and sent to his talent agency. Is her artificial love relationship any different from a relationship a 16 year old has with a real boyfriend? The intensity is definitely as strong as a real affair.
What strikes her to give into these sort of relationships? Where does it all begin? The girl must be regularly carried away into dramatic social situations through the media. For example the girl in this case will see all of Johnny Depp�s films, and in all of them she is exposed to him in a romantic emotion-envoking way. With each additional film she watches, her feelings are reinforced.
His characters are constantly in the role of the hero & romancer. Johnny Depp�s personality is now associated with these characters, and the positive feelings that his characters have brought her. A real relationship unfortunately consists of some negative features, while a fantasy relationship does not. So is it surprising that this teenage girl is keeping her fictional relationship?
Will our obsession with celebrities ever cease? As long as the media dedicates themselves to the glorification of the celebrity, the obsession will continue. We will continue to call apon celebrities to host red cross telethons and give the terminator the upper hand during a political election.
We�ll hear about Tom Cruise�s rants on psychiatry and Angelina Jolie�s efforts to save third world countries one child at a time on shows such as The Insider, Entertainment Tonight & Acess Hollywood. Headlines such as Jennifer Anistons break up with Brad Pitt will continue to overshadow newsworthy stories, and the tabloids will remain on the top row at the check-out stand.
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